Apple Pie With Crumble Topping

Ingredients

• This awesome recipe was shared from a diabetic friendly recipe blog that we love.
• 9" gluten free, frozen pie crust, thawed (or make your own)

Filling

• 5-6 medium cooking apples* (see note below)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 cup Stevia or Splenda granular
• 1 tablespoon tapioca flour
• 1 teaspoon melted butter, butter substitute (Earth Balance) or ghee (clarified butter)

Topping

• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup Stevia or Splenda granular
• 1/2 cup all purpose gluten free baking flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg or mace
• 1/8 teaspoon ginger
• 1-1/2 tablespoons gluten free old-fashioned oats
• 3 tablespoons very cold butter or butter substitute, cubed

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400-degrees F. Thaw pie crust. Poke crust with fork on bottom and sides. Place crust on a foil-lined cookie sheet; set aside.
2. To prepare the filling, peel, core and thinly slice apples and place in a large bowl. Add remaining filling ingredients and stir to coat apples evenly. Spoon apples into the pie crust until quite full and heaped in the center (apples will reduce in volume as they cook).
3. In another bowl, stir together the sugars, GF flour, oats, salt, and spices. Add the cold, cubed butter and, with a pastry cutter or two knives, cut butter into the dry ingredients until butter is well distributed and mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Spoon crumb topping evenly over apples.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Topping should be nicely browned and the apples bubbly. Cool for at least one hour before slicing.
5. *Note about choosing apples: The type of apples is important. Create a mixture of several types, such as Cortland, Macoun, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Yellow Delicious or Macintosh. Be aware that Macintosh apples are tart and impart a wonderful flavor, but when baked can turn soft or mushy (but in a good way, when combined with firmer apples). It is recommended to use Macintosh sparingly in the mix and never use Macintosh by themselves.
6. Nutritional Information per serving: 185 calories, 30.5 g carbohydrate (2.3 g dietary fiber, 14.1 g sugar), 8.4 g total fat (4.9 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat), 47 mg cholesterol, 236 mg sodium, 25.4 mg calcium, 106 mg potassium, 2 g protein.